Edge-setting machine.



No. 792,648. PATENTED JUNE 20,4905. G. OABNBS.

EDGE SETTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21. 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 20, 1905.

GEORGE M. OARNES, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

EDGE-SETTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming pagrt of Letters Patent No. 792,648, dated June20, 1905.

' Application filed August 21, 1903. Serial No. 170,259.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. OARNEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe, in the State of NewYork, have invented an Improvement in Edge-Setting Machines, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain improvements in edge-setting machines,which improvements are fully described and illustrated in the followingspecification and the accompanying drawings, the novel features beingspecified in the claims annexed to the said specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view. Fig. 2 is apartial end view. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail.

My improvement in machines for setting or olishing the edges of shoesconsists of a sli ing finger-rest so placed as to enable the operator tosteady the shoe while the toe is being set, the finger-rest beingarranged to slide out of the way while the instep is being finished,thus preventing the heel of the shoe from striking against thefinger-rest and allowing the operator to set the toe and instep at oneoperation.

A is the frame of an edge-setting machine, which may be of any desiredor preferred construction, having a driving-shaft B, a suitabledriving-pulley S, and an eccentric O, adapted to osci ate a pivotedmember D by means of the connecting-rods Q and R, as shown in Fig. 2,attached to which is the tool-holder E, carrying the tools F and F, thetool-holder being arranged to revolve, so that either tool maybe broughtinto operation either to finish different parts of the same sole or tofinish unlike soles.

Attached to the frame A is a support G, into which fits a rod H,extending upward from the frame I of the finger-rest. The rod whichattaches the support G to the frame A is inserted in a suitable socketon said frame. The rod H is arranged so as to allow the frame I of thefinger-rest to be adjusted in a vertical direction as desired, adaptingthe machine for use with shoes of difierent widths. J is thefinger-rest, which consists of a rod passing through theframe I andarranged to slide, as shown by dotted lines, a hook or loop being formedin one end to constitute a fingerrest for the operator. A spring K,pressing against a collar L, slides the finger-rest out of the way ofthe heel while the instep is being finished, thus allowing the toe andinstep to be set at one operation.

A set-screw M is provided, so that the finger-rest may be secured in anydesired position, a keyway N and a suitable key preventing it fromrevolving. O is a suitable gasburner arranged to heat the setting-tool.By the action of the spring the rest is automatically retracted as soonas released by the o erator. It is retracted downwardly and bac wardlyfrom the burner, whereby heating of the rest is avoided. This functionalso facilitates finishing the instep in one continuous operation withthe finishing of the toe. It is desirable, to prevent rotation of thefingerrest to keep it always in pro er relation to the finger of theoperator and a so to hold it away from the burner and the heated tool.

In Fig. 1 the toe of a shoe is shown at P by dotted lines.

I am aware that a jack or shoe-holder, in combination with afinishing-tool and its support ,has been made automaticallyretractable,and also that reversible tool-holders adapted to put either of two toolsin operative position are old, and these are not my invention. Myimprovement provides for automatically withdrawing a finger-rest inconnection with a tool-holder having tools one of which may not requirethe use of a finger-rest.

I claim 1. The combination in an edge-setting machine, of afinishing-tool, finger-rest, means to automatically retract said restwhen relieved from the finger, a supporting device for the rest, and aburnertube, the rest being retractable in a line oblique to and awayfrom the tube, substantially as described, whereby when the toe isfinished and the operation continued toward and at the instep the restis removed from the vicinity of the heated burner and also from theinstep.

2. The combination of the main frame, frame I, the burner, fixed to andmovable with said latter frame, the finger-rest, both rest and burnerbeing supported in frame 1, means for adjusting the latter frame andthereby adjusting the burner and finger-rest 10 means for adjusting saidlatter frame and thereby adjusting the burner and finger-restsimultaneously, means to automatically retract said rest when relievedfrom the finger, a supporting device for the same, and the holderholding a tool adjacent the burner.

GEORGE M. OARNES.

Witnesses:

H. R. SELDEN, G. B. SEL EN, Jr.

